Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.


My word: Shiniest
Root: shine
Meaning: to gleam and sparkle
Related words:
shiny, shinier, shining,

My Word: Cleaner
Root: Clean
meaning: To make neat and tidy
related words: Cleanest, cleaning, unclean

My word: kindest
Root: kind
meaning: Nice, gentle, feelings
related words: kinder, kindly, kindness